Even without all of that long-term X-Men history in your head, X-Men Red is an exciting, relevant, high-concept, and epic superhero adventure. Read Full Review

If you aren't the sort of person who normally enjoys X-Men, you should give X-Men: Red a try. Between the amazing artwork by Carmen Carnero and a story by Tom Taylor that redefines the X-Men for the 21st century, this is a must-read! Read Full Review

X-MEN RED #6 isn't the most exciting issue in the series so far, but it does feature a few pivotal points. While I would've liked to see a little more action, Taylor's organized storytelling and Carnero's sensational art work makes this issue, overall, fairly successful. Read Full Review

With emphasis placed on it's unsettling villain and heroic lead plus a hint of sassy, adolescent humor from Honey Badger, X-Men Red #6 is a wonderful read even if it doesn't move the plot forward much. Read Full Review

This was a fun issue, and X-Men: Red continues to be the best X-book Marvel is putting out right now. That may change with the announcements from SDCC, but this is an engaging story and the art has been fantastic. Taylor is a masterful storyteller, and while I would've maybe liked a little more action or more plot movement, he always makes sure things pay off in the end. He has earned my trust, which is frankly more than I can say for most writers! Read Full Review

X-Men: Red #6 once more shows this to be the best X-Men book on the stands at this moment. The balance of plot, character, and humor is compelling, and Carnero and Beredo make sure that the book continues to be gorgeous. This one earns a strong recommendation. Give it a read. Read Full Review

X-Men: Red #6 did not disappoint one bit. X-Men are supposed to fix problems, not slap a banda-aid on it and move to the next one. This team is what you get when the dream is fought for correctly. Read Full Review

I just have to say it. If I wanted to introduce someone to the X-Men in 2018 it would be X-Men: Red. X-Men Red #6 by Tom Taylor and Carmen Carnero came out this week and I don't think I've ever read a story as analogous to the original themes of hatred and acceptance through such a modern lens. This issue finally has our team leader, the newly resurrected Jean Grey, confronting Cassandra Nova. Professor X's twin sister, I remember just how terrifying a psychic can be from New X-Men forever ago. Dedicated to wiping out all mutants and using people's existing fear and anxiety of the unknown to do it, Nova provides a dramatic counterweight to Jean Grey's quest to win over hearts and minds across the globe. Read Full Review

Carmen Carnero's art is amazing. There is a great level of detail in most of the panels and the details in the facial expressions really go a long way towards depicting the emotion of the moments. There is a lot to ingest visually with some great panels that work well with the story to move the action forward. Read Full Review

Jean finally discovers the identity of her nemesis, a crisis is queued up for the next issue, and we get some sad background on Gentle. As much as I love this title - and I do! - I can't deny this is a pretty slow issue. The tone and the character interactions are still satisfying, and the new artist melds impressively into the established look of the book.

A pretty good issue. Definitely the best current X-Men comic on stands. Really excellent art and an excellent villain in Cassandra Nova. I don't know, something about this issue just didn't make it stand out in a week of excellent comics for me. Perhaps it was the fact that all the X-Men Red comics so far have been issues that read much better in trade. Or perhaps it was that although the team lineup is perfect, the writing for the characters wasn't that strong and it did nothing to make them super-likable. Except Honey Badger, now she is a likable character! Fun, funny and original. One of the best parts of the issue. Searebro forever! Anyways, not a bad issue, just not one I'll remember in one week's time.

Twenty pages where nothing happens. The first half of this book is wasted on Gentle, an obscure character that nobody cares about. The second half is spent preparing for an unnecessarily elaborate heist which is then mostly skipped over. The closest thing to action in this book is when Nightcrawler teleports the team onto the transport plane, once again ignoring 40+ year old rules about how Nightcrawler's powers work.

As I recall from Grant Morrison's New X-Men, Cassandra Nova was motivated to kill mutants by a desire for revenge against her brother Professor Xavier. Now that Xavier is dead (sort of) Taylor claims that Nova wants to kill all mutants because, well ..., she's afraid of mutants? None of this makes sense.

Honey Badger is still awful, and she's dragging the once great X-23 down with her. more

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Ambaryerno - Jul 18, 2018

Plenty of people care about Gentle, and were ecstatic to see him on the book. So speak for yourself. And exactly what rule about Kurt's powers was broken? This is nothing we haven't seen him do before. And you think that just because Xavier is dead Cassandra will just stop and go on her merry way?

The-MJP - Jul 30, 2018

@ambaryerno thank you so much, i honestly think this guy is just complaing about marvel because "SJW's cant write muh nostolgia"

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X Men Red has never risen above mediocrity. The whole set up continues to be absurd.
Despite being a Jean Grey vehicle, there is no character work much less development for her beyond the tired set up of her being blamed for a crime she did not committ. There are no stakes, no suspense. Is anyone in doubt that her name will be cleared up?
X Men Red seems to be a place holder to give the character something to do before a new team of writers take over the X Men franchise. There is no other reason why the talented Tom Taylor would deliver such a middling story.